World Famous Comics: Fushigi Yûgi, Volume 1: Priestess
Fushigi Yûgi, Volume 1: Priestess
By: Yû Watase Publisher: VIZ Media LLC Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: VIZ Media LLC Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 200 Publication Date: 2003-06
Book Description: From the author of the popular Ceres, Celestial Legend, winner of the 43rd Shogakukan Manga Prize comes the first volume of the most popular shojo manga in America. In this adventure, the discovery of a mysterious book transports Miaka and her best friend Yui into a strange new world reminiscent of ancient China. They set out to find and befriend seven Celestial Warriors, including dashing mercenary Tamahome and wannabe empress Nuriko. Only then can Miaka summon the power of the god Suzaku, find her true love, and get home safely.
Chinese Romantic I don't know manga, but I know what I like. It's fairly good, this one. A girl named Miaka is trying to get into the high school of her mother's choice, but would rather be eating. She's a bit of a scatterbrain too. She stumbles on a book on Chinese mythology, a book that when read puts Miaka into the story, though she can leave whenever she wants as long as the book's open. She gets caught in the world, however, when the book is closed, and she discovers that the only way out is to gather together the "seven constellations of Suzaku" together. She develops a crush on one, another of them develops a crush on her, and another becomes jealous of her. Will she be able to find the others?
It's fast paced and silly at times, rushing around with Miaka's personality. Cute pictures too. There's also some little comments from the author, Yu Watase, in the margins sometimes, which is interesting.
This was the first manga I ever read (4 years ago) Still my favorite! About four years ago, my friend introduced me to the whole aspect of manga with this book. I instantly loved it and couldn't get enough of the story.
Years later, after reading hundreds of manga, this series still remains as my favorite for its beautiful artwork (the artist just gets better as the story unfolds!), a humourous and engaging plot about a teenage girl who finds herself as the herione in a book where she finds love and the true meaning of friendship, and for its memorable charachters.
This story has become very important to me over the years, as it is one of the few manga that I still follow with an eager heart and mind. While it may seem like a silly story at first, there is really a lot of depth to everyone and what happens to them.
If you want to read a wonderful story that will make you both laugh and cry, over and over again, choose this one.^_^
Also, Hotohori is my favorite character...<3
Fushigi Yugi!!!!!! I LOVE THE WHOLE SERIES!!!!! Fushigi Yugi was the second Manga I ever read, and it is most likely my favorite. And that's not just because it's written by my favorite manga writter.
Fushigi Yugi is the story of a girl named Miaka Yuki, who is pulled into a book called the Universe of the Four Gods, and into an alternate world that is based off of ancient China. THere, she becomes the priestess of the beast god called Suzaku.
Inorder to summon the god, Miaka must gather all seven celestial warriors of Suzaku, then she must summon the god, and she will have the power to make her dreams come true.
All of the characters in this story feel so real, and I ended up feeling deeply for them, when ever they had a hard time. And believe me, they have more than their fair share of problems. But, I won't go into those, because they aren't in this book.
The first part of the series is 14 books long, and that part is about gathering the warriors, and summoning the god. While books 14-18 are about how...I'll just go write a review for book 14. ;)
Anyway, this series is really good, especially once you get past the first two or three volumes. Miaka can get very annoying at times, but I think that if you can over look that, and just get into the story, then you can really enjoy it. And, Miaka does get a little easier to handel the further you go into the series. ALthough, my favorite characters are Chichiri, Tamahome, and Nuriko.
What are you waiting for? Buy the book already, will ya?
Viz wastes little time telling us on the back cover that Fushigi Yugi is the most popular manga in America. (Really? I'd have thought Fruits Basket held that honor.) There's got to be a reason for it, yes? Thus, I have started down the path that so many others have trod before me. That way lies obsession, folks.
Miaka is a typical Japanese schoolgirl (assuming there is such a thing). While cramming for high school entrance exams one night, she and her best friend Yui take a quick break and, somehow, find themselves in the rare books room. They check out a book called The Universe of the Four Gods. Upon starting to read it, the two of them are transported to China two thousand years ago for a very brief time, during which they meet Tamahome, a very pretty, but miserly, chap who saves them from being carried off by slavers. They then return to present-day Japan and cramming.
The next time Miaka goes through, she is alone, and there her adventures begin...
It's a good beginning to a series; not too slow-paced, not confusing at all (both flaws that scarred the first volume of Fruits Basket), with likable characters and relatively constant action. (For a modern Japanese interpretation of an acient Chinese folktale, though, it does feel an awful lot like the first ten minutes of The Seven Samurai, but with Japanese schoolgirls.). *** ½
Not my type of series... Fushigi Yugi for me was a very difficult story for me to get into. It was so slow paced, that I lost interest about half way through volume 3. The story and plot just didn't keep my interest. I don't know, maybe its the whole 15 year old girl finding the love of her life in less than a week's time, or silly (and rather pathetic fight) between the two best friends. I will say however, that I did enjoy the artwork if anything. If your currious about this series, see if your local library has a copy (I know mine has a bunch of Fushigi Yugi volumes)instead of buying it.
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